Spring Practice 2022: Notes from the Only Open Practice

Notre Dame held its 5th practice of spring indoors on Saturday with snow showers falling down in late March outside in South Bend. It will be the only workout fully open to the media this off-season and offers the only significant glimpse into the team this spring as they prepare for the 2022 season. Here [...]

By |2022-03-27T10:47:28-04:00March 27th, 2022|Football|16 Comments

The Weekly Rambler: Running PS2 into the Ground

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Not long after Notre Dame's first couple spring workouts news came that nose guard Aidan Keanaaina tore his ACL and is likely out for the season. Al Michaels is set to join Kirk Herbstreit for the Thursday Night Football games on Amazon. [...]

By |2022-03-25T07:54:56-04:00March 25th, 2022|18S Reads|38 Comments

What If…? DeShone Kizer Returned to Notre Dame in 2017

Follow me and ponder the question… What if? Those of you who are fans of the Marvel Cinematic Universe will instantly recognize this question. After 12 years of slowly building up a media empire with familiar names, Marvel has unleashed the multiverse on the world. A realm filled with alternate realities has been explored by [...]

By |2022-03-24T12:43:57-04:00March 24th, 2022|18S Reads|16 Comments

Lacrosse: Irish back on track with win over Michigan

The #10 Notre Dame Fighting Irish (2-3) beat the Michigan Wolverines (7-2), 12-7, this weekend at Arlotta Stadium.  The Irish performed well to get the season back on track. The Scoring Chris Kavanagh led the goal scorers with 3 goals and an assist, while his brother Pat matched him in points with 4 assists. Eric [...]

By |2022-03-23T10:38:03-04:00March 23rd, 2022|18S Reads, Lacrosse|0 Comments

What Did This Week’s NCAA Run Mean for Mike Brey and Notre Dame?

We haven't done a ton of basketball coverage here at 18 Stripes this season. For most of the year, the Irish just weren't really worth writing about; they were a decent-to-good team in what appeared to be a terrible conference, and as those teams do they ended up on the bubble for this year's NCAA [...]

By |2022-03-21T12:39:47-04:00March 21st, 2022|18S Reads, Basketball|27 Comments

Five Wide Fullbacks: Waiting for the Next Big Recruiting Scandal

Welcome back to another edition of Five Wide Fullbacks where we are answering the interesting questions of the day. In this space today we'll tackle defining the eras of college football, who is next in the playoffs, recruiting scandals, 5-star quarterbacks, and viewing practices from the sideline. 1) With the new NIL "rules" blurring the [...]

By |2022-03-20T22:22:00-04:00March 21st, 2022|18S Reads|23 Comments

Lacrosse: Irish look to get back on track versus Michigan

#15 Notre Dame Fighting Irish lacrosse (1-3) host the #17 Michigan Wolverines (7-1) this Saturday at noon (ACCN).  The Irish look to refocus the season after three difficult losses to top-7 teams. A quick peak back at last week We didn't have a chance to recap the 11-14 loss to Ohio State. The plot was [...]

By |2022-03-18T20:08:29-04:00March 18th, 2022|18S Reads, Lacrosse|0 Comments

The Weekly Rambler: The Disappearance of AOL Instant Messenger

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News Notre Dame opened up spring practice yesterday with the media present for a few minutes. As expected, former Notre Dame tight end George Takacs has followed John McNulty to Boston College. Penn State's AD Sandy Barbour is retiring after 8 years in [...]

By |2022-03-18T07:52:06-04:00March 18th, 2022|18S Reads|22 Comments

An Early Look at the 2022 Notre Dame Opponent Quarterbacks: Games 7-12

Notre Dame opens next season against a Heisman candidate in Columbus and faces some other interesting opponent quarterbacks during the first half of the season. Today, we look at the last half of the gauntlet which starts off easy but ends with what could be an extremely difficult finale in Los Angeles. Game #7 UNLV [...]

By |2022-03-16T22:28:39-04:00March 17th, 2022|Football|15 Comments

Notre Dame 2022 Positional Previews: Quarterback

Notre Dame opens up the first spring practice of the Marcus Freeman era tomorrow on St. Patrick's Day. Will it be full of good luck then? Today we preview the most talked about position in American sports, the quarterback. After a one-year stop for Jack Coan the starting position opens back up again with rising [...]

By |2022-03-15T21:21:53-04:00March 16th, 2022|Football|17 Comments

A Way-Too-Early Guess at Notre Dame Football’s Recruiting Class of 2023

In case you missed it, I recently reviewed my way-too-early guess at Notre Dame's recruiting class of 2022. As is tradition, next year’s way-too-early guess is next, and I think it’s one that most of you would be very pleased with. The Fighting Irish have gotten off to their best recruiting start since, well... Ever? [...]

By |2022-03-14T23:17:31-04:00March 15th, 2022|Recruiting|33 Comments

Notre Dame 2022 Positional Previews: Defensive Line

Al Washington has been a college coach at major programs Boston College, Cincinnati, Michigan, and Ohio State before landing at Notre Dame this off-season to coach the defensive line. The 37 year-old has been coaching linebackers for the past 4 seasons and now has the opportunity to fill the shoes of long-time DL coach Mike [...]

By |2022-03-13T13:42:16-04:00March 14th, 2022|Football|8 Comments

The Weekly Rambler: CBS is a Channel for Old People

Your weekly dose of Notre Dame news, opinion, and other stuff. Top News As reported last Saturday after the Weekly Rambler was published, Notre Dame's 5th-year senior center Jarrett Patterson tore his pectoral muscle and is expected to be out through summer. Jarron Jones was selected 7th overall by the Tampa Bay Bandits in the [...]

By |2022-03-10T21:34:25-05:00March 11th, 2022|18S Reads|114 Comments
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